Toowong railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Toowong. It is the closest station to the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland.
Toowong | |||||||||||||||
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Station entrance in October 2012 | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | Sherwood Road, Toowong | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°28′34″S 152°59′49″E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Main | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 4.48 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 4 (2 island) | ||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||
Station code | 600287 (platform 1) 600288 (platform 2) 600289 (platform 3) 600290 (platform 4) | ||||||||||||||
Fare zone | go card 1 | ||||||||||||||
Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 14 June 1875 | ||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1960 | ||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||||
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Toowong station opened on 14 June 1875.[1][2] The station was submerged during the 1893 floods.[3]
The station was rebuilt in 1960 as part of the quadruplication of the line.[4] In the 1980s, the air rights were sold and redeveloped as the Toowong Village shopping centre.[5]
Toowong is served by City network services operating from Nambour, Caboolture, Kippa-Ring and Bowen Hills to Springfield Central, Ipswich and Rosewood.[6][7]
Platform | Lines | Destinations | Notes |
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1 | Ipswich & Rosewood | Ipswich & Rosewood* | [8] |
Springfield | Springfield Central | [8] | |
2 | Ipswich & Rosewood | Bowen Hills, Caboolture & Nambour | [9] |
Springfield | Bowen Hills,Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour | Caboolture & Nambour services operate Weekday afternoons only. | |
3 | Ipswich & Rosewood | Ipswich & Rosewood* | evening peak only[10] |
4 | Ipswich & Rosewood | Bowen Hills, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour | evening peak only[11] |
Springfield | Bowen Hills, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour | evening peak only[11] | |
*Note: One weekday morning service (4:56 am from Central) and selected afternoon peak services continue through to Rosewood. At all other times, a change of train is required at Ipswich.[6]
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